• By Jenny Carleo •
Stink bugs are more than a nuisance pest in soybeans, they cause direct damage to the crop by feeding on the developing pods. In this 2-minute video (below), entomologist and Extension specialist Dr. Dominic...
University of Georgia faculty will share the latest research on cotton, soybeans, corn and other southeast Georgia crops during the annual Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center Field Day held online Aug. 12.
Research and Extension faculty will present current...
• By Scott Stewart •
Although current moth activity remains relatively low, I’m expecting a peak of moth activity sometime beginning around Aug. 5 through 10. Bollworm (a.k.a., corn earworm) poses a significant threat to cotton and soybeans, and particularly...
An entomologist well known to row crop producers throughout the South, Scott D. Stewart has been named the director of the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Stewart, who currently serves in Jackson as a University of...
Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 situation, the University of Tennessee Soybean Scout School will be offered by Zoom from 9-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 8.
The Zoom link is provided below. However, a password is required. Please contact LaDonn...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Elevest insecticide from FMC Corp. for use on several crops, including cotton, soybeans, sweet corn, peanut and potatoes. The product is a premix of the full rate of Rynaxypyr — the brand...
• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Don Cook and Whitney Crow•
The 2019 season was one of the most challenging years we have had from a bollworm standpoint in both cotton and soybeans. The issue was not from a numbers...
Let’s rap about Dectes stem borer in soybeans
• By Scott Stewart •
Over the years and several times in the last month, I’ve had folks tell me how bad Dectes stem borer hurt their soybean yields. Almost without exception, they...
Amid concerns the 2020 growing season is setting up for a repeat of last year’s challenges, Louisiana State University AgCenter experts emphasized early season management strategies at the Northeast Louisiana Crops Forum held recently in Delhi.
Continued warm, wet weather...
Soybean growers who faced weather-ravaged crops in the 2019 season will hear guidance for production and marketing decisions during the 2020 Tri-State Soybean Forum, Jan. 3, in Dumas, Arkansas.
The meeting will be held at the Dumas Community Center, 18...
Nearly 500 people have already pre-registered for the 2019 Row Crop Short Course. The program, complete with CCA credits, can be downloaded by clicking here.
The 2019 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center...
• By Rachel Vann, Dominic Reisig, Lindsey Thiessen and Wes Everman •
We are getting widespread reports of green stem in Eastern North Carolina this fall (2019) We are most frequently getting reports of the issue from maturity groups mid-IV...
• By Dominic Reisig and Anders Huseth •
During the past few days, we have had a major increase of caterpillar defoliation reports in soybeans and sweet potato from southeastern North Carolina counties. Field visits south of Highway 70 and...
When relentless spring rains pushed the planting window wide open, entomologists predicted problems for Arkansas row-crops. That has certainly proven true for the state’s late-planted cotton, soybeans and rice, said Gus Lorenz, Extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas...
• By Dominic Reisig •
Kudzu bugs have been a no-show since 2013 but are widespread at low levels this year. A lot of folks are wondering if they should treat, justifiably so, since our fields with the highest populations...
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